Improvement in paper shirt-bosoms



UNITED! STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. LOCKWTOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMFELNT IN PAPER SIHIRT-BOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,567, dated February28, 1

T0 all whom it rmty concern.-

Be it known that I, VVILLrAM E. LOCK- WooD, of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Shirt-Bosoms; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and accuratedescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention con sis ts of a shirt-bosom made of one or more pieces ofpaper, or paper and cloth combined, and made convex in front and concaveat the rear by pressing, molding, or otherwise, so that it will be muchstronger and less liable to crease or crumple, and at the same time williit more snugly to the person than if it were flat.

In order to enable others to make my in vention, I will now proceed todescribe the manner of carrying it into effect.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figures l, 2, 3, and 4 are front views of my improvedshirt-bosom 5 Fig. 5, a front view of the bosom detached from thecollar; Fig. 6, a vertical section of the bosom and collar ou the line-l 2, Fig. .4; Fig. 7, a sectional plan on the line 3 4, Fi-g. l; andFig. 8, a sectional plan on the line5 6, Fig. 3.

The material used in the construction of i my improved shirt-bosom maybe either stiff white paper, or paper and muslin combined, In eithercase the surface should be properly polished or enameled by calenderingor burnishing, as described in the patent of Walter Hunt, July 25, 1854,so that the surface may be an imitation of that of starched linen.

The bosom may be made in one piece, and cut to the form or approximatingto the form represented in Fig. 5; or it may be made of two pieces, cand c', connected together by a strip, b, which is cemented to bothpieces 5 or the bosom may be made of several pieces so folded, arranged,and cemented together as to form the vertical plaits represented in Fig.3, or horizontal plaits, as shown in Fig. 4f.

The bosom, whether cut out from one piece or composed of a number ofpieces, is in a flat state in the first instance, and could not be usedwithout inconvenience to the wearer,

' 4- and without becoming crumpled and unsight ly in front. I thereforepress it between dies or otherwise so form it that it shall be concaveat the back and convex in front.

Thus, when cut transversely, as through the line 3 4i, Fig. 1, thesevered edge will rep resent the arc of a circle or an equivalent curve.In like manner the severed edge of the bosom, cut vertically through theline l 2, Fig. 4, will be curved outward from a to y, Fig. 6.

After the paper bosom has been thusformed it is much stronger and has agreater tendency to retain its shape than if it remained in ailat state.When pressed in front it may yield, but will, on the removal of thepressure, re cover its shape, and all tendency to become wrinkled orcrumpled will be obviated, in addition to which the bosom is of the bestshape for fitting snugly beneath thc vest of the wearer.

In the present instance the bosom is provided with three button-holes, aand d d, Fig. 5, so that it can be attached to buttons ap` propriatelysituated on the shirt-band, the button to which the collar is fastenedpassing through the hole a'.

It will be evident that it is immaterial whether the bosom be made ofpaper alone,

or paper combined with and strengthened by muslin, inasmuch as thetreatment of both materials must be the same, the use of both materialsbeing now common in the art.

The bosom may be ornamented in avarlety of ways. It may be printed, forinstance, as shown in Fig. 1, to suit the pattern of the collar, or avariety of devices to imitate ornamental fabrics may be printed on theouter surface of the bosom; or it may be embossed or perforated or beinterlaced with strips of colored fabric, as described. in my patent ofApril 26, 1860, and the surface may be coated with a transparent varnishof bleached shellac, as described in the aforesaid patent of WalterHunt.

l am aware that a paper bosom has been heretofore made, the bosom beingcompcsed of two flaps, which, being of the same piece as the collar,have a lateral bend but no vertical bend or convexity renderedpermanentv by molding or pressing.

I wish it to be understood that I do not claim a shirt-bosom made ofpaper; nor' do front and concave at the back, for the purpose I claimthe forming or shapingof paper artspecified. cles of Wearing-apparel, asthat is alluded to In testimony whereof I have signed myname in the saidpatent of Hunt; but to this specication in the presence of two I claimas my invention and desire to secure subscribing Witnesses.

by Letters Patent- WILLIAM E. LOGKWOOD.

As a new' article of manufacture, a `shirt- Witnesses:

bosom made of one or more pieces of paper, HENRY HOWSON,

or paper and cloth, when made convex in JOHN WHITE.

